Dump-car.



J. B. HERGET.

DUMPCAR.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 15. ms.

Patented Dec. 11, 191?.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

ATTORNEYS.

1. B. HERGET.

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Be it known that I, JOHN B. Henen'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, county of King, State of Washington, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Dump-Cars, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates todump cars in gen-- eral, and particularly to devices whereby the cars may be dumped when coupled in train, and has for its object the providing of means, simple, effective and positive, where by the cars may be dumped from the locomotive, using the powerthereof for that purpose a a a 1i accomplish the above object, and other useful and desirable results, by meansof the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which therefore become a part of this application for Letters Patent, like characters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several views, in which;-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dump car embodying my invention, parts being broken away to illustrate the construction. a

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the subject matter of Fig. l. a a a a Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation uponthe line 3 3 of Fig, l.-

lF 4; is a side elevation of a train of dump cars being dumped by means of my device operated from theilocomotive.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of aside dump car embodying my invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation upon tine ti-6 of Fig in general my invention consists of a cable passed along the train from the foremost car to the rear car and engaging with suitable sheaves upon each ear, whereby, when the brakes are set upon the train and the locomotive uncoupled therefrom and the forward end of said cable attached to the locomotive, the power of the locomotive ap plied to said cable may be utilized for dumping all the cars in the train.

ln applying my invention to a bottom dump car, the body may be constructed of sills it connected with suitably spaced cross members :2, and a body 3 superposed upon the sills p A superstructure is erected upon sills 1 consisting of members 4: seated upon said sills at each end thereof, said members be Specification of neat Patent, 1 Pate t d Dg, 11, 19 7, Application filedMay 15, 1916. Serial No. 9?,616.

ing in juxtaposition at the upper ends there of,tl1ereby forming an A frame upon each end of the car, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and longitudinally disposed members 5 mountedupon theupper ends of members l, and adapted to receive there-between the operating members of my device.

To close the bottom of the car I pro: vide plates 6 longitudinally disposed within. the car body 3 and lying upon cross members 2, each of said plates covering one half of thebody space, and the adjoining edges of said plates being longitudinally disposed upon the center line of the body of said car. f a a Said plates are pivotally connected by means oi i eye-straps 7 secured thereto ,ade jacent the adjoining edgesthereof, and each engaging with a link of achain 8, as shown inFigs. 1 and3.

For the purposeof dumping the car said plates 6 are to be lifted into the position shown in. Fig. 3, and for that purpose ,a sheave.9 is secured to the upper end of the chain 8 by means of a forked strap 10.

To operate said sheave 9 for opening or closing the bottom plates 6, I provide a pair of sheaves l1 rotatably mounted between members 5 innnediately above sheave 9, and disposed so asto allow sheave 9 topass between said sheaves 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 1d. a

Arable 1.2 is disposed longitudinally of1 the car, substantially between members 5, passing over sheaves ll, downwardly be tween same, and beneath sheave 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and t.

When a loaded train is to be dumped the locomotive is uncoupled therefrom and the train brakes set; the rearward end of the cable 12 is tied or otherwise fastened to the rear coupling head or other convenient place, and the forward end of said cable 13 secured to the draw bar of the locomotive, as shown in Fig. 4.

By moving the locomotive away from the train the cars will be successively dumped, starting with the foremost car.

In the illustrations 1 have shown the cars constructed of two compartments each, with a transversely disposed diaphragm 13 there between, this being the construction preferably adapted for large cars,

The preceding description and the illus tratione eorrespomling thereto relate to cars the same applied to the ordinary side'dump tilting body car, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, wherein sheaves 14, corresponding in uncti to shea esll p e i y desc ed,

are disposed'in pairs upon opposite sides of the central longitudinal-sill l5=ofthe car, being mounted thereon by means of a cross arm"16, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Sheaves 17, corresponding in function to sheave 9 previously described, are pivotally secured beneath'the tilting body by means ofaforked strap 155 and a bracket 19secured to said tilting body.

In a car ot this construction the system of 'sheaves li'and 17 and cable 18, is duplicated, one such system being longitudinally disposed upon each side of the center line of the car,- and beneaththe car body,

If, When the train is in transit, both of saideables l8 are stretched tightly and securedfto-thecars respectively at the rear and at the front ends of the train, all the tilting-bodies of the cars in the-train will thus-be locked inplace -against accidental tilting and dumping in transit.

WVhen it is des'ired to dump the cars upon one side, the cable 18 upon the opposite side is released,- and the cable upon the side.

toward'which it is-desired to dump is'attachedto'the locomotive, and thus the dumping operation is accomplished as previously described.

My invention may be made of any size and constructed of any materials deemed convenient and suitable for a device of this character, and while I have illustrated and described a form of construction andarr ange'ment of parts found desirable inmaterializing my invention, I wish to include in this a'pplication forLetters Patent all mechanical equivalents andsubstitutes that may fairly be considered to come within the scope and purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having disclosed my invention so that others skilled in the art may be enabled to construct and use same what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. In a dump car, a floor plate; a pair of sheaves disposedlongitudinally of said car adjacent one edge of said floor plate, said sheaves being alined one with the other; a sheave attached to said floor plate and adaped to move into a'position intermediate said first mentioned sheaves and alined therewith and a cable secured to one end of said car and passing over one'of said first mentioned sheaves, thence around said sec- 0nd mentioned sheave attached to said floor plate, thence over the other of said first mentionedsheaves, and thence to a source of power extraneous to-said car. 2. In a dump car, a bottomless'hopper: transversely disposed beams within said hopper adjacent the bottom thereof; a pair of floor plates loosely disposed upon said floor beams, their adjacentedges being hinged together; apair of sheaves mounted above saidplates and in line with the hinged edges thereof; 'a sheave attached to the hinged edges of-said floor plates immediately below said first-mentioned.sheaves; and a cable securedto one end of saidcar and passing over said sheaves to some source of power extraneous said car.

In witness whereof I claim the forgoing as my own I hereunto afiix my signature, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Seattle, county of King, State of Washingtomthis 18th day of April, 1916.

JOHN B. I-IERGET.

'Witnesses:

O. R. RABEL, MARTIN -TAYLOR.

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